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Voltage and Video

Papua New Guinea Voltage and Video Systems

Electricity in Papua New Guinea is 240 Volts, alternating at 50 Hz (cycles per second)

If you travel to Papua New Guinea with a device that does not accept 240 Volts at 50 Hertz, you will need a voltage converter

Papua New Guinea Video System

Papua New Guinea has B.G/PAL video system

History

Papua New Guinea History

The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997 after claiming some 20,000 lives.